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EDITORIAL | Death of Daisaku Ikeda Spotlights Separation of Politics and Religion

Published December 1, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes

Daisaku Ikeda, honorary president of the Soka Gakkai, passed away recently at the age of 95. After becoming the third president of the Soka Gakkai in 1960, Ikeda promoted the expansion of the organization. He increased the number of its…[Continue Reading...]

‘Cult mom’ Lori Vallow gets glam for Arizona mugshot, faces two more murder charges

Published December 1, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Arizona, convicted murderer, criminal charges, cut mom, Lori Vallow

Officials have extradited so-called "cult mom" and convicted killer Lori Vallow from Idaho to Arizona to face one first-degree murder charge and one premeditated first-degree murder charge in Maricopa County. Vallow, who was found guilty in May of murdering two…[Continue Reading...]

TANTRIC TERROR Inside warped yoga cult busted in France where arrested ‘guru’ aimed to ‘have sex with 1,000 virgins’

Published November 30, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged criminal charges, cult leader, France, Gregorian Bivolaru, MISA Yoga

Gregorian Bivolaru, 71, and 40 of his followers were captured in a morning raid by the French police. It reportedly took 175 officers to carry out the arrest on different branches of the crazy cult. The sect named the Movement…[Continue Reading...]

Australian Christian group fights claim it was linked to leader of Kenya starvation massacre doomsday cult

Published November 30, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Australian cult, cult leader, Dave McKay, Good News International Church, Jesus Christians, Kenya, Paul Mackenzie, starvation cult, Voice in the Desert

A Christian doomsday cult responsible for the deaths of more than 400 people from starvation and beatings in Kenya was influenced by an Australian religious group, a parliamentary committee report in the east African nation has found. The report into…[Continue Reading...]

How to get someone out of a cult – and what happens afterwards

Published November 30, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged cult survivors, cults, leaving cults, recovery

No one ever sets out to join a cult. At the beginning it looks like the group will meet some need or ideal. For most people it seems to work initially - at least somewhat. A recent Netflix documentary showed…[Continue Reading...]

French police detains Romanian fugitive cult leader Gregorian Bivolaru

Published November 29, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged criminal charges, cult leader, France, Gregorian Bivolaru, MISA movment, yoga guru

French police detained Romanian fugitive Gregorian Bivolaru in Paris, along with 40 other individuals, taking them in for questioning on charges of indoctrinating the female followers of his organization, the Atman Yoga Federation, to sexually exploit them. Bivolaru, 71, was…[Continue Reading...]

QAnon Queen Cult Leader Returns to Small Town That Thought It Drove Her Away

Published November 29, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Canada, cult leader, QAnon, QAnon Queen, Romana Didulo, Saskatchewan

Just when they thought they had gotten rid of her, the QAnon Queen came back to small town Saskatchewan. Romana Didulo, the self-proclaimed “Queen of Canada” and QAnon cult leader, first turned Richmound, Saskatchewa, population 130, on its head back…[Continue Reading...]

Sandy Hook families offer to settle Alex Jones’ $1.5B legal debt for minimum of $85M

Published November 29, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Alex Jones, bankruptcy, InfoWars, settlement offer

Sandy Hook families who won nearly $1.5 billion in legal judgments against conspiracy theorist Alex Jones for calling the 2012 Connecticut school shooting a hoax have offered to settle that debt for only pennies on the dollar — at least…[Continue Reading...]

Anyone can edit Wikipedia anonymously, which is why it can be an unreliable source of information about cults

Published November 28, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged anonymous editing, anonymous editors, cults, disclaimer, Wikipedia

Recently, Buzz Feed listed the top ten cults at Wikipedia, but is the website a reliable source of information? Probably not, based upon its disclaimer. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:General_disclaimer Buzz Feed says, "These 21 Wikipedia Pages About Cults Are So Dark, You'll…[Continue Reading...]

One Tree Hill’s Bethany Joy Lenz Reveals Where She Found “Safety” Amid Exit From Cult Life

Published November 28, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Bethany Joy Lenz, cult recovery, cult trauma, cults, support system, survivor story

Bethany Joy Lenz will always have a deep sense of appreciation for her former castmates. Earlier this year, the One Tree Hill star detailed her decade-long experience in a cult, noting to former costars Sophia Bush and Hilarie Burton that…[Continue Reading...]